Mount Pisgah, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mount Pisgah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29067. The Survey maps it on the Mount Pisgah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Mount Pisgah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
212 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pisgah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,045 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 15 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 |
| Debris and open burning | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mount Pisgah: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Mine No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lancaster County Mines | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mount Pisgah in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Hail | Mount Pisgah | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minton Mill | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Abney Crossroads | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Kirkley Mill | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Barfield Mill | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Baxley | 10.0 miles | 14 | |
| Gaston Mill | 10.3 miles | 19 | |
| Pine Village | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lockhart Oil Field | 10.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1224761. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






